Improvement in bale-ties



A. ElvcHHuLz.

Bale-Tie. `N0,l6l,82l I PatentedJ|41ne22,187f5.`

THE GRAPHIC C0.PHOT0LITH.39 HUH PARK PLACLNY.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ADOLPH EIOHHOLZ, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

IMPROVEMENT iN BME-TIES.

Specification forming pait of Letters Patent No. 164,821, dated June 22, i875; application iled May 10, 1875.

To all whom t'tmag/ concern 4 Be it known that I, ADoLPH EIoHHoLz, of

Saint Louis, Missouri, have invented an I m' proved Bale-Tie or Buckle, vof which the i'ollowing is a specilication:

This invention is a buckle or bale-tie for the purpose of securing the ends of bands for baling cotton, hemp, moss, and the like.

The design of' my invention is to form ihe bale-tie so as to be cheaply made, which can be readily applied to or taken from the bands without the necessityot'- cutting same, and otherwise to possess advantages of being a safe and reliable locking device. tion, therefore, relates to the improved buckle or bale-tie, constructed to operate in manner as will now more fully appear.

Of the drawing, Figure l is a perspective view of both parts of myinvention. Fig. is a perspective view of my invention with both its parts locked together.' Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section through band ends and both buckle parts when united.

A is one part of the buckle or tie; B, its complement part. The part A has cast, or forming part thereof', a coupling-bar, A', having arising lug, a.. (See figures.) This bar A is made to project sufficiently so that its lug a can be brought in engagement with the opening C, which is in the buckle part B and shown in Figs. 1 and 2. For the same purpose the buckle partB has a slot at b1. (See Fig. l.) The projecting part of the bar Al is passed through said slot, and thus the lug a can, from the under side, be made to engage the opening b in order to be fastened. At b2 the buckle part B has a rising bearing intended to add strength to resist the strain brought upon the coupling-bar.

When on lthe bale, and the buckle parts A B are thus unitedy bythe bar A', the expansive force of the bale is utilized to keep and retain said part-s so fastened. The bar A being on the under side, the expansive force is against My in venit, and it is impossible for thelug to self-'disengage itself from its hold.

In order, however, to still further unite the buckle parts A B, and to utilize the strain of the bands for this purpose, I form said buckle parts to have locking-edges c d. The edge c is V'shaped, (see Figs. l and 2,) vwhile that of d is similar shaped, being an inverted V-shape, as shown in Figs. lv and 2. The edge d engages top of that of cin locking the buckle parts, as indicated in Fig. 2. The strain of the bands is therefore resisted by the edges c d, and, as said strain is in opposite directions, it tends more firmly to hold the buckle parts together.

O and D are suitable slots in each part of' the buckle, in which the band ends are looped, as shown in Fig. 3. Each part of the buckle having the band ends looped thereto and passed round the bale, as usual, the buckle part A, by means of the couplingbar A', is made to engage by its lug a the opening b in the buckle part B. In doing so the lockingedges c and cl come together as shown in Fig. 2, and thus the locking or fastening,l is had. To effect a disengagement it is but necessary in any apparent way to depress the part A, so as to disengage its lug from its hold, and thus no cutting of the bands is required, and the saine, as well as buckle, can be reused.

What I claim is- The buckle part formed to have a couplinghar A with lug a andthe V-shaped edge d, in combination with, the complement buckle part formed to have the opening b, slotbl, and edge c, lall constructed to form a bale-tie or buckle, as herein shown and set forth.

ln testimony of said invention, I have hereunto set my hand.

ADOLPH EICHHOLZ.

Witnesses:

' WILLIAM W. HERTHEL,

GHAs. F. MEIsNER. 

